Sardar Dust Muhammad Khan Takes Kabul

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¶ [99c] Earlier it was mentioned how Sardar Dust Muhammad Khan and his brother, Sardar Yar Muhammad Khan, after placing Prince Ayyub on the throne at Peshawar, had gone off to conquer Kabul. Up to now, they had stayed in Jalalabad because while the abovementioned events were taking place, Shah Mahmud and Prince Kamran returned from Herat to Qandahar. After their arrival there, [100] they had sent Prince Jahangir with ʿAta Muhammad Khan (Bamizaʾi) to Kabul to fortify the city in view of the disturbances in Peshawar and the oath of revenge sworn by the brothe…